13 Going on 30
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| Directed by | Gary Winick |
| Produced by |
Susan Arnold Donna Arkoff Roth Gina Matthews |
| Written by | Josh Goldsmith Cathy Yuspa |
| Starring |
Jennifer Garner Mark Ruffalo Judy Greer Andy Serkis |
| Music by | Theodore Shapiro |
| Cinematography | Don Burgess |
| Edited by | Susan Littenberg |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time
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97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $37 million |
| Box office | $96,455,697 |
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| Film score by Theodore Shapiro | ||||
| Released | April 6, 2004 | |||
| Length | 29:46 | |||
| Label | Hollywood Records | |||
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| Boston Globe |    |
| Chicago Reader | positive |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
| LA Weekly | favorable |
| New York Times | favorable |
| Roger Ebert | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | favorable |
| USA Today | |
| Variety | positive |
| The Village Voice | favorable |
13 Going on 30 (known as Suddenly 30 in Australia and some other countries) is a 2004 American romantic comedy fantasy film written by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, and directed by Gary Winick. Starring Jennifer Garner, the film was produced by Revolution Studios for Columbia Pictures and it was released on April 23, 2004. It follows a 13-year-old girl who dreams of being popular. During her birthday party, she engages in the party game Seven Minutes in Heaven. The game turns out to be a humiliating experience for her, and she huddles alone in her basement, wishing over and over she was "thirty and flirty." When she eventually does emerge, she finds herself five days shy of her 30th birthday, uncertain to how she got there.
The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with most praising Garner's performance and its nostalgic environment. It was also praised for its humorous plot and self-empowerment message. The movie was also a commercial success, earning US$22 million in its first week, and grossing over US$96 million, becoming one of the year's biggest DVD rentals and sellers. The movie's soundtrack features songs spanning the 80's to the 2000s, with a range of hits from famous recording artists such as Billy Joel, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Pat Benatar and Whitney Houston. Additionally, the soundtrack charted inside the top-fifty on the Billboard 200 chart. Jennifer Garner's acting earned her nominations from both MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards, and the movie was also re-released in DVD in 2006 with a special packaging titled "Fun and Flirty Edition", and on Blu-Ray in 2009.
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